EDIIIA
2600-2450
Description:
The Early Dynastic IIIa Period is marked by the beginning of syllabic writing, recording the full flow of human speech. This led to the rise of literary texts, poems, histories, etc. instead of just economic documents. Pu’abi and Meshkalamdug’s graves date to this period.
Ultra-Low Chronology
Short/Low Chronology: 2500-2375 BCE
Middle Chronology: 2600-2450 BCE
Long/High Chronology:
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17449 | (none) | |
 | (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.131 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.646 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 11917 | (none) | 1929,1017.632 | (none) | 3 Copper Vessels. (A) Shallow dish, circular with narrow trough spout; (B) similar; (C) A strainer, with handle (broken) | |
| 11744E | (none) | 1929,1017.275 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 8123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. |
| 10436A | (none) | (none) | B16744A | Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box. | |
| 10436B | (none) | (none) | B16744b | Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box. | |
| 14005 | (none) | 1930,1213.39 | (none) | Copper Axe. Socketed. TYpe XIX. | |
| 10568 | (none) | (none) | B17439 | Copper Bowl With small circular base, flat | |
| 8507 | (none) | 1928,1010.382 | (none) | Copper bowl and strainer Oxidised together, but both in pretty good condition. Strainer with handle (broken). Bowl, oval; one end broken. In the middle of each side, on outer rim, there is a coiled wire attachment for a handle (missing). [Type] LXIII | |
| 8379 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [drawing] Type XIV. |
| 11575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. |
| 13778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical, with slightly defined circular base. Type III. |
| 14052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. Type III. |
| 10957 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Beaten out to the round, the base has been further hammered to bring it almost to a square: and this has modified the outline of the rim also. Type LXXVI. [drawing] |
| 14043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Circular but with a square base having a slight boss at each corner. [drawing 2:5] |
| 11572 | 30-12-350 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. | |
| 11739 | 30-12-275 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 11793 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 12123 | (none) | 1929,1017.650 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III | |
| 12243 | 30-12-258 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. | |
| 11703 | (none) | (none) | B8547b | Copper Bowl. Oval in pretty good condition. Corroded on to it, in the inside, are a copper lamp and a hemispherical copper bowl. |
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